Research opportunities
Reading offers you state of the art facilities for research in both humanities and science based areas, you will be supervised by highly successful, internationally renowned and research-active staff.
PhD Research Studentships
We frequently have studentships available. They will be advertised on this page and FindaPhD.com
Research proposals in the following areas are welcomed:
British and European Prehistory
Burial Archaeology
Cognition and Art
- Professor Richard Bradley (prehistoric art)
Environmental Archaeology
- Professor Martin Bell (molluscs and wetlands)
- Dr Nick Branch
- Dr Wendy Matthews (palaeoecology)
Geoarchaeology
- Professor John Allen
- Professor Martin Bell
- Dr Wendy Matthews (micromorphology)
Geophysics
Landscape Archaeology
- Professor Grenville Astill (medieval)
- Professor Martin Bell (Britain)
- Dr Stuart Black (Mediterranean)
- Professor Richard Bradley (Britain, Scandinavia and Southern Europe)
- Professor Bob Chapman (Mediterranean)
- Professor Roger Matthews
- Dr Wendy Matthews (Near East)
Material Culture
- Dr John Creighton
- Dr Hella Eckardt
- Professor Michael Fulford
- Professor Roberta Gilchrist
- Professor Roger Matthews
- Dr Gabor Thomas
Medieval Archaeology
- Professor Grenville Astill
- Professor Roberta Gilchrist (including monasticism)
- Dr Aleks Pluskowski
- Dr Gabor Thomas
Near Eastern Archaeology
Palaeohealth and Diet
Roman Archaeology
Scientific Dating
Social Archaeology
- Professor Bob Chapman
- Dr Hella Eckardt
- Professor Roberta Gilchrist (gender and lifecycles)
- Professor Roger Matthews
Urbanism and Buildings Archaeology
- Professor Grenville Astill (medieval)
- Dr John Creighton (Iron Age and Roman)
- Professor Michael Fulford (Iron Age and Roman)
- Professor Roberta Gilchrist (medieval)
- Dr Wendy Matthews (Near East)